Is Solar Power The New Oil?
Sep 8th, 2008 by admin
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Many manufacturers are going into production or creating concepts with integrated solar panels in the roof or body of the car.
Although under normal use this will not provide all the vehicles power it will make a significant contribution when you factor in the decreasing cost of solar panels and the rising cost of fossil fuel.
Here are some examples:
Solar Toyota Prius:
http://www.solarelectricalvehicles.com/
Fisker Karma:
http://www.fiskerautomotive.com/
Saab 9 X concept:
http://www.saab.com/main/GLOBAL/en/9X_biohybrid/index.shtml
BMW concept with solar roof:
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/02/22/geneva-08-officially-official-the-bmw-vision-efficientdynamic/
Ford Reflex concept:
http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/naias_2006/0601_ford_reflex_concept/index.html
Giugiaro Quantara concept:
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/geneva-2008-italdesign-giugiaro-quantara-oddity/
and many more…
The Fisker Karma can already be ordered from the Fisker website – the first ones are scheduled for delivery in 2009.
The music theme is called ’sunshine’.
The wattage of the average car roof panel is around 250 watts. If you covered the entire car in solar film or panels you would get around 1000 watts or more.
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thanks a lot. and …
thanks a lot. and keep posting such useful videos with such beautiful background that attract everyone.. Thanks again.!
> when my …
> when my girlfriend sits in my car she doesn’t
> care about aerodynamic
That’s because she has a brain the size of a walnut.
when my girlfriend …
when my girlfriend sits in my car she doesn’t care about aerodynamic
> how does it fail …
> how does it fail aerodynamic? u sir are stupid
The car is more aerodynamic driving BACKWARDS than forwards.
Do you know why?
The most aerodynamic shape that can exist is the same shape as a raindrop. It’s blunt on the front, and tapered at the end.
Is the front blunt, or tapered?
You see, ACTUALLY stupid people have been trained to think cars are aerodynamic, but it’s the complete opposite.
If you want to see an aerodynamic car, look at the Aptera.
how does it fail …
how does it fail aerodynamic? u sir are stupid
The song is called …
The song is called Sunshine and it’s by Keane. Its a fantastic song from a fantastic group. Thanks for watching!
can any body say …
can any body say which song’s playing in the background ? who’s the artist ? its a cool one.. and nice consiousness to bring in solar initiative…
Don’t forget, USA …
Don’t forget, USA Uncle Sam need raise TAX Rich for share poor income because solar, Robot, Machine, computer are hurt economy, mathmatic, account, share, budget data system.
i am. its about 7 …
i am. its about 7 bucks a month. and the bill was made to get money from big companies with lots of land. but they have to charge everyone
you can’t be serious
you can’t be serious
As an engineer that …
As an engineer that had to take aerodynamics to get my degree, I have to ask the question.
Did every single car designer FAIL aerodynamics, or did they just not bother to take the course?
Hi Juscurious! …
Hi Juscurious! Thanks for commenting! The panels don’t run the car, they help with the charging of the car. I acknowledge they don’t usually completely charge the car however they increase efficiency. You’re right about the wattage but it’s not mean’t to completely charge it. It just assists with charging. Stupid video or not it’s a 5 star rated stupid video.
It also depends how much you use the car. If you use it for a few miles once a week, then it will run the car.
This has to be the …
This has to be the stupidest video I’ve ever seen on YouTube and that is saying a lot. For those of you knuckle draggers out there why don’t you take a Physics Course. Solar will NEVER be more that a few % of our total energy package. There isn’t enough surface area on a car for more than a few hundred watts of power and this is not enough to run a car. You see 1hp= 746Watts. Do the math. This is a STUPID Video. Study Physics and Engineering and you will not make stupid videos.
they have taxes on …
they have taxes on rain near my house
Let me ask this… …
Let me ask this…How will they manage to tax sunshine?
The Fisker Karma is …
The Fisker Karma is being released in 2009.
I’d love to see …
I’d love to see some of these vehicles in action soon, I think they’d be very popular for making a statement regardless of their efficiency/economics.
BIG OIL knows solar …
BIG OIL knows solar is the future, this is a major reason why they’re milking us as bad as they are right now.
yes let the future …
yes let the future in our lives.
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let the future …
let the future begin…
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